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==== Olduvai Gorge ==== | ==== Olduvai Gorge ==== | ||
- | Olduvai Gorge is located in Tanzania on the border of the Serengeti National Park. The site became famous for the discoveries made by Louis and Mary Leakey, a couple known as hominid hunters. Geological layers of the gorge contained traces of human presence dated at 2.6-1.7 million years. Remains of Paranthropus boisei, an Australopithecus, and a pitecanthropus, | + | Olduvai Gorge is located in Tanzania on the border of the Serengeti National Park. The site became famous for the discoveries made by Louis and Mary Leakey, a couple known as hominid hunters. Geological layers of the gorge contained traces of human presence dated at 2.6-1.7 million years. Remains of Paranthropus boisei, an Australopithecus and a pitecanthropus, |
==== Neanderthal genes ==== | ==== Neanderthal genes ==== | ||
- | Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans has occurred several times. DNA from Neanderthals has been found in the genome of modern populations in Europe and Asia, accounting for 1-4% of modern genomes. Neanderthal genes are not found in most modern populations of sub-Saharan Africa. [([[https:// | + | Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans has occurred several times. DNA from Neanderthals has been found in the genome of modern populations in Europe and Asia, accounting for 1-4 percent |
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